If you have discovered for yourself the joys of clay pigeon shooting, you will no doubt be keen to see just how good you can be, but that will mean more than just lots of practice.
Like most sports, investing in good equipment is important to maximise your talent and develop your technique. A cricketer needs the right bat, a footballer good boots, while in a visual sport like clay pigeon shooting, the right eyewear will be critical even if you have 20/20 vision. This is where getting prescription glasses for shooting can make a big difference.
Of course, you always have to wear protective eyewear even if your eyesight is perfect. When you are a beginner, you can get away with a standard pair of safety glasses. However, to develop your performance, you need to invest in tinted glasses to see the colour of the clays more clearly in different light conditions.
Having a tinted prescription pair of glasses will mean that you can still get the benefit of correcting your eyesight, as well as having the tint to improve target visibility.
There are different tints you can use, which will be useful in various situations. For instance, brown can reduce glare on a bright sunny day, while yellow is best in low light and orange or purple are suitable for average light conditions.
This may leave you wondering what colour lenses to get. Sometimes the answer might be obvious; for instance, if you only get to shoot in the evenings, yellow will be more suitable than brown.
However, our range of products does offer some flexible options, such as our photochromic lenses, which can change colour according to the prevailing light conditions to give you the optimal tint in different weathers, seasons and times of day.
If you're unsure about choosing the right lenses for your shooting needs, you can read more here.
You wouldn’t want to try to improve your clay shooting without a good gun. In the same way, getting the right prescription glasses to maximise performance is something you should never neglect to do.
